My apologies for the format. -glen ------------------------ BurmaNet ------------------------"Appropriate Information Technologies, Practical Strategies"----------------------------------------------------------The BurmaNet News: December 1, 1995Issue #292Noted in Passing: I am a Gurkha and loyal to the people of Burma, but I cannot be loyal to a government that punishes those who are honest. My family and I have nothing, but I am free. My freedom makes me a very rich man. - Dilip Kumar, Burmese Army Sergeant who defected. (see BKK POST: BURMESE EMBASSY SOLDIER DEFECTS IN US)HEADLINES:==========FBC: SANTA MONICA IMPOSES SANCTIONS AS BURMA TENSION RISESBKK POST: BURMESE EDITOR ARRESTEDNEW ERA: KHIT PYAING (NEW ERA) PRESS RAIDEDBKK POST: BURMESE HELD DURING PROTESTABSDF-DNA: BURMESE STUDENT ARRESTS IN BANGKOKBKK POST: BURMESE EMBASSY SOLDIER DEFECTS IN USFEER:ALMOST BACK IN FAVOURBKK POST:KHUN SA ASYLUM REQUEST REJECTEDNATION: FORCE TO PROVIDE TIGHT SECURITY FOR ASEAN LEADERSNATION: ILLEGAL BURMESE IMMIGRANTS HELDNATION:BURMA AGENCY STRUGGLES TO BE NOTICED************************FBC PRESS RELEASE: SANTA MONICA IMPOSES SANCTIONS AS BURMATENSIONS RISE November 29, 1995SANTA MONICA, CA.--NOV. 29-- The Santa Monica (CA) City Council votedunanimously last night to prohibit city contracts with companies doingbusiness in the Southeast Asian nation of Burma, where a military juntacontinues to thwart Burmese aspirations for democracy.The move was seen as a slap in the face of Los Angeles-based oilgiant Unocal, which had lobbied against the measure. Some Unocalexecutives and employees live in Santa Monica, and the city has contractsto buy Unocal gasoline. Unocal is a partner with Burma's State Law and OrderRestoration Council (SLORC) in a highly controversial $1 billion natural gasproject that has resulted in forced labor, forced relocation, and numerousother human rights violations. In a unanimous 6-0 vote, Santa Monica (pop.86,000) becomes the third U.S. city this year to impose tough "selectivecontracting" laws against Burma. The laws are modeled on those used successfullyduring the campaign against apartheid in South Africa in the 1980's. The othercities are Berkeley (CA) and Madison (WI)."These laws hit companies like Unocal, Texaco, Pepsico and Arcowhere it hurts, right in the wallet" says Simon Billenness, senioranalyst at Franklin Research and Development in Boston. "During the nextyear we expect similar legislation to be introduced in several states andmajor cities in the U.S., as well as Canada, Great Britain and Japan.Santa Monica's move was well-timed: In Burma, the pro-democracyparty of Nobel Peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi this week announced a boycott ofthe SLORC's national convention process, which is widely denounced as asham. The SLORC has jailed several dissidents, and issued threats againstanyone criticizing the convention. Amnesty International fears that recentdetainees face torture, which is endemic in the SLORC's prison system."This action in Santa Monica is a precious gift to Aung San SuuKyi and the Burma democracy movement" says Ko Latt, a refugee and torturevictim from Burma. "It shows that the world is watching, and that peoplecare about the restoration of human rights and dignity in my country."Several multinationals, including Levi Strauss, Eddie Bauer,Macy's and Amoco have withdrawn from Burma. Reports from Human Rights WatchAsia and refugees escaping to the Thai-Burma border detail systematic userape, torture and murder in the Unocal pipeline area. Unocal responds withblanket denials, but refuses to provide access to the area to independent humanrights monitors.The City Council members took a close look at a situation that is often ignored, and were highly critical of the companies propping up the SLORC. "I hope thatSanta Monica can be an example to other cities" says Council member Ken Genser."We should avoid the products of these companies in our daily lives as well."For her part, Aung San Suu Kyi this week said that under currentcircumstances in Burma, companies wishing to do business in Burma "shouldjolly well wait."The Santa Monica meeting was attended by representatives fromAmnesty International, the Burma Forum, the Los Angeles Campaign for a FreeBurma, the UCLA Student Environmental Coalition, the Karen National Union andthe All Burma Students Democratic Front.********************************************************BKK POST: BURMESE EDITOR ARRESTEDNovember 30, 1995A veteran Burmese editor and his wife were arrested attheir home in the outskirts of Bangkok yesterday morning.Source said 71-year-old U Ye Gaung and his wife, Daw KhinHlaing, 65, were taken away by Special Branch Police fromtheir apartment a.m. Also arrested was their son, 28, saidto have been visiting his ailing mother at the time of thepolice raid.The Burmese editor is an illegal alien whoarrived in Bangkok from a Karen-held area in 1991, and wasthen granted refugee status by the United Nations. But he soonlost his refugee status and the allowance that goes with itafter he refused to enter a safe camp established by theThai Government in Ratchaburi.U Ye Gaung is a former editor of several magazines andnewspapers in Rangoon. A journalist for 40 years, hepresently helps edit the New Era Journal, a bi-monthlyopposition newspaper.REUTER: (THAI POLICE ARREST BURMESE DISSISENT IN CRACKDOWNNovember 29, 1995) added:Burmese dissidents said Thai police were arresting Burmese oppositionfigures in Bangkok to prevent them from protesting against the convention. The crackdown was also being launched ahead of a visit by Burmesemilitary officials to Thailand next month to participate in an Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting and summit. ``For the moment we are living in the state of fear because of thereports that the Thai authorities are beginning their crackdown on theopposition movement in Thailand,'' said a senior Burmese dissident, whodeclined to be identified. Thousands of Burmese dissident students and politicians escaped militarysuppression after bloody protests against military rule in 1988 and soughtrefuge in the jungles or in Thailand. Many of them continue their underground activities against Rangoon fromborder hideouts or from Bangkok.****************************************NEW ERA: KHIT PYAING (NEW ERA) PRESS RAIDEDNovember 28, 1995From: KHIT PYAING PRESS This morning, Khit Pyaing (New Era journal's press) was raided bythe Thai police, and a Veteran journalist U Ye Khaung (71) and hiswife (65) were arrested. This journal has been run since 1991based on the Thai-Burma border. This journal is very unhappy toSLORC and any people who reading this journal are sure to bearrested and sentenced to jail if he was found with it insideBurma. It might be preventive measure to crackdown the Burmeseopposition group by Thai authorities before Slorc Gen. Than Shweand Khin Nyunt arrive to BKK. Yesterday, 9 Burmese students werealso arrested by the Thai police.************************************BKK POST: BURMESE HELD DURING PROTESTNovember 30, 1995About 15 Burmese protesting in front of the BurmeseEmbassy on Sathorn Road were rounded up by Yan Nawa policefor questioning yesterday. The protesters, led by MaungPein, demanded that the ruling State Law and OrderRestoration Council free all Burmese students detained inprisons; hold talks with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyito promote peace and democratic rule; call off the draftingof a constitution; and call for a truly democratic constitution.A police officer said those found to be Burmese alienswithout travel documents would be charged with illegal entrywhile those who are students will be sent to the holdingcentre at Ban Maneeloy in Ratchaburi's Pak Tho District.***************ABSDF-DNA: BURMESE STUDENT ARRESTS IN BANGKOKNovember 29, 1995Burmese students arrested during their hunger strike Five Burmese students were arrested today by the Thai police whilethey were holding hunger strike in front of the Burmese embassy inBangkok. The hunger strike organized by the five members of All BurmaBasic Education Students Union (Thailand) began at 12:30pm. It suppose tobe 180 hours hunger strike but it was immediately stopped by the Thaipolice as soon as they began. They are Maung Pain, Segeral Secretary ofABBESU, Ko Thet, In-Charge of Information, Nyein Moe, Secretary-2, MaungMaung, member and Myat Nge, member. In their statement released today, theycalled for the release of all political prisoners including student leaderMin Ko Naing, to stop immediate the National Convention organized bySlorc, to abolish all unjustice law immediately and to hold dialoguemeeting between Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and Slorc. They also called theinternational community to put more pressure and protest against theASEANs constructive Engagement and urged China to stop selling weapons toSlorc, Japan to stop ODA assistance to Burma , United Nations to take moreconcrete action on Buma. There was also a series of arrest in Bangkok yesterday and today.Nine students were arrested at the office of FISRAPT (Foundation inSupport of Refugee Assistance Programs in Thailand) on SOI.39 Suthisarn.The office of Khit Pyaing (New Era) was raided this morning and U Ye Gaung(Myawaddy) and his wife were arrested. Also four other Burmese studentsincluding Min Thein and Ko Hintha were arrested in Suthisarn area in thisevening. Since Thai authorities is taking precaution steps for theupcoming trip of Lt.Gen Khin Nyunt in December, Burmese watcher believesthat there would be more arrest in the future.ABSDF News AgencyABSDF (DAWN GWIN)NOTE FROM MYO AYE: NAMES OF ARRESTED STUDENTSFrom: myoa@cin.gov.au (Myo Aye) Now the arrested students are in Immigration Detention Centre (IDC) in Bangkok.Most of them have been accepted to resettle in Australia and are leaving for Australiain December, 1995. I would like to request that you and your organisation to takean Urgent Action for them to be released from the IDC and to be allowed togo Australia for resettlement.Burmese Students who are arrested by Thai police.------------ ---------------------------------------1. Nicky2. Kyin San3. San Myint4. Aye Ko5. Hla Win6. U Htay Win7. Tayza Ye Tun8. Tayza Oo9. Thet Naingand 10. U Ye Gyaung (75 yeras old).Thank you.M Aye, A Burmese student in Australia.**************************************************BKK POST: BURMESE EMBASSY SOLDIER DEFECTS IN USNovember 30, 1995 By Ralph BachoeA Burmese Army sergeant working in the DefenceAttache'soffice in the United States has defected, a sourcefrom Washington said on Tuesday. The defector was identifiedas Dilip Kumar, a sergeant working as a clerk/accountant atthe Burmese Embassy.Kumar said he "chose freedom" rather than punishment forexposing rampant corruption including the embezzlement offunds at the embassy. He told the source that he uncoveredhow a senior official and others had stolen tens ofthousands of dollars for personal shopping sprees."Because of this, they accused me of stealing, something Idid not do. I never even handled any embassy money," Kumarsaid. Kumar fled after he was recalled to Rangoon. "I knew that I wouldbe imprisoned or killed if I returned and now I fear for my life."Contacted at 9.15 p.m. Bangkok time on Tuesday forconfirmation of the defection, Mr Lynn, a Burmese officialin Washington, said he knew nothing about it. However, MrLynn was sceptical about the reply and insisted the call waslocal. When told it was from Bangkok and the Bangkok Post,Mr Lynn said: "No, I don't believe you. You are calling fromhere. You should call another number."When the reporter asked for the number, the phone went dead.Sources in the United States say corruption at the embassyis rampant. An investigation is said to be under way todetermine if embassy officials are using their diplomaticimmunity to hide behind a scheme to sell alcohol and tobaccoproducts without US taxes being paid. Diplomatic personnelare free to buy products tax-free for their personal use;the re-sale of such items is prohibited. If this is takingplace, sources say closing the embassy would be an optionthat would be pursued."I am a Gurkha and loyal to the peopleof Burma, but I cannot be loyal to a government that punishes thosewho are honest. My family and I have nothing, but I am free. Myfreedom makes me a very rich man," Kumar said.***********************************************FEER: ALMOST BACK IN FAVOURInternational donors flirt with Burma's generals23 November 1995By Michael Vatikiotis in Bangkok and Nigel Holloway inWashingtonBURMA'S ruling military junta has as good a reputation inmacro economics management as it has in human rights. Butlately, the generals have shown a willingness to press onwith economic reforms - and international donors are taking notice.The Washington-based International Monetary Fund will send aspecial mission to Rangoon later this month, after maintaining only meagrecontacts with the generals since they cracked down on Burma's pro- democracymovement in 1988.There's no IMF or World Bank Loan money in sight yet- some countries onthe donors' board and the United States in particular, oppose helping theregime. But that may change. As the IMF's modest "technical mission" suggests,proponents of closer ties with Burma, namely Japan, Germany, Switzerland andFrance, are pushing for loans, not lectures."It's the first time the IMF has had a policy on Burma since 1988," says a Westerndiplomat in Rangoon. And it could be the first step towards broader cooperation.The governor of Burma's Central Bank, Kyi Aye, told a Japanese newspaper inlate October that the IMF faces strong pressure from donors that want to investmore in the country.If Burma is to attract such investors, it must shape up and stabilize- by slashingsupport for its rickety, state-owned enterprises and providing foreign investorswith a realistic, more stable value for its currency. That's the economic lessonthe generals seem to understand. Burma began small-scale privatization this yearand it has a sweeping state-enterprise reform programme- on its agenda, at least.The next step, a big one at that, is a massive devaluation of the decades-old rateof six kyat to the dollar. Economists argue it must come into line with the farcheaper black-market rate- 110kyat to the dollar.That's where the IMF comes in.The fund's staff members who will visit in November will work to set up astatistical database by which to measure the economy. That way, the IMFwould be able to monitor what happens if the kyat were to be devalued. Thestatistics would help the Burmese and other too: No one has a very good ideawhat's going on in the Burmese economy.Burmese officials have recently said that only with IMF advice and financialsupport can the local currency be devalued in a stable manner. The fund has toldBurma in no uncertain terms that if it wants help, it must push on witheconomic reforms. And in a once-a-year August meeting in Rangoon, fund staffersgot the impression that the government was prepared to bite the bullet a little harderthan before.While the fund is moving forward, an outright loan programmeto help cushion the effects of a devaluation is a non-starter for now. As a USgovernment official says, Washington "wants to see progress on three issues:democracy, human rights and counter-narcotics efforts. Without progresson all three, the US would oppose any international financial assistance" toBurma's State Law and Order Restoration Council.The US, with a 17.8% share, is the fund's biggest voter, partly because of thedonations it gives. But the US faces pressure. Japan, Germany, France andSwitzerland are key IMF board members as well, and they want to see loansextended to Burma, according to the Burmese Central Bank's Kyi Aye. Lastmonth in a small show of support Japan approved Y1.6 billion ($16 million)in grant aid to Burma, for a nursing school in Rangoon. The political stand-offnotwithstanding, Western diplomats in Rangoon say that Kyi Aye's optimism isjustified in one respect. The IMF's executive board discussed Burma onOctober 20, and expressed confidence in the reforms process and in theeventual devaluation of the kyat.The meeting convened on the heels of World Bank report on Burma, whichalso calls for a devaluation. The report says Burma's "pace of economicgrowth is still not rapid enough so as to establish the basis for sustainedgrowth."Burma is finding it harder and harder to make do with the piecemealliberalization undertaken thus far. The black-market has grown so large thatthe government's tax base is in jeopardy, partly because so many cross-bordertransactions occur outside the reach of tariff collectors.While Burma's GDP has grown at about 4% per year over the last decade,public sector revenues as a share of GDP fell to 7% in the 1995 fiscal year,from 19% a decade ago. Economists in Washington say unofficial trade accountsfor more than half of Burma's international trade. The government, which has inthe past relied on tax revenues to cover 60% of its budget, has had to slashspending to the bone. The World Bank report makes clear that it's Burma'sjunta that is ailing because of the exchange-rate discrepancy.More worrying for the World Bank is Burma's current-account deficit, whichhas widened to $341 million in the latest fiscal year, from $292 million a yearearlier. The Bank bluntly notes that "accumulation of arrears has increasinglybeen the means used to finance the external deficit." One of the World Bank'sother comments is that Rangoon should undertake a comprehensive reform ofthe state sector, which still accounts for 22.5% of GDP and generals over halfthe country's exports. The Bank warns that the main goal of Burma's fledglingprivatization should be to maximize economic efficiency rather than the "pursuitof other goals."Various countries' privatization efforts have sought to generate revenue for thegovernment and, less overly, to line the pockets of officials involved in the sale.The last time Burma received help from the IMF was a one year stand-by loanworth $31 million that expired in 1982.If the IMF staffers can't get a green light to give Burma loans to cushion adevaluation, they can still offer advice and encourage the country to go forwardalone. Indeed, IMF staffers are aware the generals might pull away regardless,bristling at the prospect of foreign economists peering into their ledgers.********************************************BKK POST: KHUN SA ASYLUM REQUEST REJECTEDNovember 29, 1995Thailand has rejected a verbal request from drug warlordKhun Sa to be allowed to spend the remaining days of hislife in this country. Giving refuge to Khun Sa not onlyviolates Thai laws, but also goes against Thailand'scommitment to the international community to fight narcoticstrafficking, said Poldej Worachatr, director of the PressDivision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Mr Poldej said that if Khun Sa is found in Thailand, he willbe arrested and sent back to Burma or to some other countrysuch as the United States which lists him as the most wantedinternational criminal for controlling between 70-80 percentof the total drug supply to the US.Khun Sa stepped down last Wednesday as leader of the Shanliberation movement at a religious ceremony at hisheadquarters in Ho Mong. He said he wished to spend hisfinal days in Thailand for both the Shans and the Thaisshared the same religion, a similar language and way of life. Mr Poldejsaid there has been no official request from Khun Sa.*************************************************NATION: ILLEGAL BURMESE IMMIGRANTS HELDNovember 29, 1995TAK Police arrested 52 illegal Burmese immigrants yesterdaymorning on a truck belonging to one of the Supreme Command'sunits and accompanied by one of its officers, police said yesterday. The truck, which had no license plate, but bearing theinsignia of the 33rd Mobile Development Unit of the NationalSecurity Command, was stopped by local police and found to becarrying illegal immigrants, with Lt Narong Chaoprathum and aunit driver sitting up front, police said. Police learned from some Thai-speaking Burmese that each ofthem paid Bt3,000 to some Thais involved in a smuggling ring toenter Thailand after i being told that they could sneak into thecountry using an armed forces' vehicle. The officer was eventually arrested after consultationbetween the police and senior officers from the unit, who allowedpolice to take legal action against Narong after an hour-longdiscussion, they said.*****************************************************************NATION: CHAVALIT MOOTS JOINT POLICE, MILITARY FORCE TOPROVIDE TIGHT SECURITY FOR ASEAN LEADERSNovember 30, 1995 DEFENCE Minister Gen Chavalit Yonghaiyudh has ordered theestablishment of joint police and military force to provide thehighest possible security for the 10 Southeast Asian heads ofgovernment converging here for a summit meeting next month. Col Vithawat Ratchata, an official from the DefenceMinistry's permanent secretary office, told reporters yesterdaythat an hoc centre will be set up to coordinate security betweenthe Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the PoliceDepartment, and the Defence Ministry. He said the permanent secretary of defence will serve asdirector of the centre, which will be located at the ministry'spolicy and planning office. It is the first time that the Thai Government has ever setup such a combined force to handle security for a large crowd offoreign dignitaries. Thailand will host the seven-nation Aseansummit on Dec 14 and a meeting of 10 Asean and other leaders thenext day. The two gatherings coincide with the Dec 9-17 Sea Games inChiang Mai, involving thousands of athletes. Immigration Police Commissioner Lt Gen Kiatisak Prapawatsaid his office will launch special surveillance of internationalorganized crime groups that might try to stage acts of terrorismduring the summit meetings and Sea Games. The bureau is cooperating with the FBI and South Koreanpolice, both of which have provided blacklists of wantedinternational criminals, he said. Kiatisak added that more staff are being employed for theupcoming events and that immigration controls have been tightened. The government's extra security precautions and surveillanceare being backed up by crackdowns on illegal immigrants inBangkok and the suburbs that began during the past week. Police sources said yesterday Burmese political dissidentsare not the only targets of the crackdown despite their plannedprotest during the summits, to which Burma's junta leader GenThan Shwe has been invited. The sources said police and plainclothed officers have beensearching apartment and houses where suspected Burmese dissidentsare staying and are rounding them up. Several thousand illegal immigrants of various nationalitieshave already been detained, they said. Burmese dissident sources said U Ye Gyaung, 75, a senioreditor of the Burmese-language Khit Pyaing {New Era), his65-year-old wife, Daw Hlaing and their son, Moe Kywe, wererounded up at their apartment in Ram Indra area in a pre-dawnraid yesterday by a group of plain-clothes special forces. They were taken to an unidentified' office of the specialenforcement forces and "we don't know how long they will be keptthere", said one source. On Tuesday, police also rounded up Burmese protestersdemonstrating against the Rangoon government in front of theBurmese Embassy on Sathom Road. Cabinet Secretary- General Vishanu Krua-ngarm said thegovernment wants motorists' cooperation in avoiding routes to beused by Asean leaders' motorcades during the summit. Vishanu said the government will launch awareness campaignsto inform the public which routes should be avoided. He said sections of several roads will be closed as Aseanleaders arrive on the afternoon of Dec 13. The secretary-general said police will rehearse closing offthe sections and directing traffic a few days before- hand.*****************************************************************NATION: BURMA AGENCY STRUGGLES TO BE NOTICEDNovember 30, 1995 by James FahnBURMA'S nascent environmental agency desperately needssupport if it is to effectively monitor the country'sindustrialization programme, its chief officer said on Tuesday.Daw Yin Yin Lay, Burma's representative to the Asia- PacificMinisterial Conference on Environment and development,recently held in Bangkok, said her first priority was to seeenvironmental impact assessments (EIAs) become mandatory forall major development projects."Foreign investors sometimes bring in their own consultantsto do EIAs," she said. "They come and consult with us but wehave no authority over the projects."Yin Yin Lay is a member of Burma's National Commission forEnvironmental Affairs (NCEA) and serves as the deputydirector of the commission's secretariat.The secretariat has no director as yet, she said, and hasonly 15 staff members.Burma's Minister of Foreign Affairs U Ohn Gyaw serves aschairman of the environment commission, and the committee'ssecretary also comes from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."So actually our office is run by the Foreign Affairs Ministry with abudget from the Prime Minister's Office," she said.Asked how big her budget was, Yin Yin Lay simply laughed.Burma has no environment law, she said, and will requiretechnical assistance in order to draft one. A nationalenvironment policy was adopted last year, however.Many other laws related to the environment have also beenpassed, including the Forestry Act of 1992 and the Protection ofWildlife, Wild Plants and Natural Areas Act of 1994. However, mostof the laws were quite old and outdated, she said.Yin Yin Lay added that the Ministry of Forestry was the mostactive agency in terms of the environment. It oversees about16 national parks and was drawing up a new forestry policywhich would most likely be adopted next year.The NCEA office was also trying to forge links with thegovernment's planning agency, which was drawing up the nextnational plan for the years 1996-1997 to 2000-2001."We have been asked to write a chapter on the environmentfor the plan, but I don't know if it will pass," said YinYin Lay, an economist by training."The government's main thrust is for development, which isgiven more priority, but the authorities are quite aware ofenvironmental problems," she said."Myanmar is promoting investment, so we need a goodmonitoring system. There should be a regulation for EIAs, but Idon't know when it will come. 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